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Warzala, Stanley
Leading authority on industrial safety. Born in Poland, he came to the U.S. at the age of 15. He was a coal miner before he enlisted in the Army and served in the Spanish-American War. After the war he passed civil service examinations and became chief of the United States Internal Revenue Service in Puerto Rico. In 1912 he became Assistant Treasurer of Puerto Rico under the United States Treasury Department. He left Puerto Rico in 1918 because of ill health and joined Calco Division of the American Cyanamid Company as its safety executive. In his twenty-five years with the concern he developed many new safety methods in the chemical industry. Secretary of Labor Perkins appointed him in January, 1941 a special agent of her department to promote safety and health in New Jersey industries receiving national defense contracts from the government. He was chairman of the chemistry section of the National Safety Council in 1941; treasurer of the New Jersey Industrial Safety Committee and a member of the managing committee of the Eastern Safety Conference. Past Master of St. John's Masonic Lodge of San Juan, Puerto Rico, was active in the Young Men's Christian Association in New Jersey and belonged to the First Reformed Church, Somerville, N.J. Died June 9, 1941.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943

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